Claverton

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Claverton is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Eaton and Eccleston. In 2001 it had a population of 7. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 to form Eaton and Eccleston. In 1086, Claverton was recorded in the Domesday Book as Cleventone. The landowner was Hugh FitzOsbern. With a population of 21 households, it was amongst the largest 40% of settlements recorded in the census.

Throughout the nineteenth century the population was recorded as 0. The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Claverton as "an uninhabited extra-parochial tract in Great Boughton district".

Duke Street in Chester was originally Claverton Lane, and later Clayton Lane.